Ciara Conway (Waterford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Ó Cuív referred to when a review is sanctioned because the first physicians who saw the woman refused. They equally could have said nothing. The Bill allows for them to give no opinion. If a doctor says nothing, the woman should have the right to proceed to a review. It is not just about the woman being turned down, then proceeding to an appeal and they trying to second guess the doctors. The Bill allows for some doctors not to give any opinion. If a physician decides not to give an opinion, that should not inhibit the woman from being able to invoke her right to a review.